Garment.



H; G. JOHNSON.

GARNIENT.'

APPLICATION FILED ocT. I9. IsIz.

Patentedk Mar. 25, 1919.

2 SHEETS--SHEET l H..G. JOHNSON.

GARMENT..

APPLLcATmN FILED- ocr. 19. :912

Patented Mar. 25,1919.

2 `SHEETS-SHEET 2.

'across the leg and to To all whom it 'mag/,concern V@Beit `known thatI, HORACE G. JOHNSON, a citizen of they United States, residing in Kenosha, -in the county of Kenosha and State of llli'sconsin, 'have invented certain new. and useful' Improvements in Garments,

of which the -tollowingyis a specification.

This invention relates to that class of underwear knownas union suits, and has reference more pa rt-icularly to. an improvement in a novel type otjunion suit first `disclosed in myformeizPatent No. 973,200, granted October-1S, '1910. This type. of garment is characterized .by the provision of aperma-y neatly closed crotch and a posterior opening that extends romfa point above the seat to a point below the crotch int one leg only of the garment. In my said former patent the -posterior opening of the garment is covered throughout its; entire length by arelatively wide` ymember the garment therein shown, forming a portion ot al seat-piece insertion, order to afford therequisite width at the seat and .thigh regionsbeing formed with thigh extensions running down into thel inne-r portions of both legs and extending through the crotch region. The lower e nd of the lapping or iiapportion of this seat. and thigh insertion is permanentlyl secured to the rear leg portion byatransverse seam extending from the inner leg seam for some distance the neighborhood of the outer edgeof. the latter ;\=tfhe free margin on the underlying body portion of the garment covered by said lapplng member or Hap extending obliquely from a point in the vi'cinf ity of theJ waist-line down to the inner point of attachment inthein-seam ot theV leg'ot the lower end of said outer lapping member. lihile this construction is practicable and workable, I have found that by modifying the form of said' outer lapping member, particularly with reference to its louter tree edge, andv by employing in conjunction therewith relatively narrow inner lapping member, I am enabled to secure several distinct advantages, as compared withthe construction of my former patent, as hereinafter pointed out, while fully preserving the permanently closed crotch feature. 4-

i My invention, its mode of use, and its advantages will all be readily understood when considered 'n connection with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my preslapping the opening and, `1n

this latter, in j ibythe transverse stitching indicated initiren dfJHNsoNior Kianosna, Wscoirsnv; 'l

ement. Patentedarar. 25,1919.

Application filed October 19, 1912. Serial No. 726,687.

ent commercial form of garment, and in which 4 Figures l and 2 are. respectively, front and rear elevations *broken off at the arms and legsl the garment beingl shown substantially as it would appear on the human tig-l ure. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view in detail of the crotch and adjacent portions of the garment, viewed from the inner side of the latter, as the same would appear were the garment, splitk longitudinally on each side and the front and rear parts of theupper or body portion spread out in a connnon plane, with the inner sides tions extended atright anglesthe'reto. Fig. :t s a view similar to Fig. 9.,.but with the inner and outer lapping men bers laid back, and the edges of the opening slightly distended.V 'f

Fig. 5 is a View illustrating the fully extended or service'position ot the poste-rior as the same appears when the gar- Openings ment is 4on the body of the wearer. Figs. l6 and 7 are detail plan views ofv the blanks that form the outer and inner lapping mem-- vbers or fiaps.

Referringto the drawings, A designates the front, an'dB the rear oi' bac-l of the upper or body portion of the garmentg-and'C and D 'designate 4.the front andrear, respectively, of the portions. The Jfront A has a straight opening.ext-ending from the -neck.E-to 'a point somewhat above the apex o'r' the crotch, the edges. adjacent to such opening 'beingunited by. buttoning over each 0ther as shown at F, said edges being permanently united above .the front edge of the c-rotchgas at G54? The garment herein shown lis knit,v or woven Vintubular form from top to bottom,

the -legs bemg formed by splitting t-he tubeV centrally` from the lower end to the crotch and-then joining the inner edges of t-he front and rearleg portions by inner leg seams H which extend upwardly to points several inches below the apex ot'the crotch. The vertical split in the rear portion of the garment is extended up to a. point above the seat and preferably, at or somewhat above the waist-line, suchas the pointindicated at I in Fig. 2 and to the edges formed by such vertical split I secure, as by seling,f,the

outer margins of a pair of inserts- K andvL,

y suitably finished with edging -or binding andy adapted to be separably of theleg por-V ias respectvelv, the. forms of which are Showniin thedetail views Figs. Gand?. '1

Thev outerand larger insert K is of generally triangular tornnas shown in Fig.

a-b tofthe rear'bodyportion of the/gar- M; 'at' its outer lateral edge bfcto rontportion of the garment slightly Vahoy-e gamfg; vitsother lateral edge ,CZ-G being The innerinsert L, which is preferably,; and yin the `forni herein shown, a relatively, 'long narrow'istrip of rsubstantially vuniform 'width except"y s .to its lower.'edgefportiona Secured@ seam M lying on theoppof he opposite l rear 'body'fand leg its short oblique inner and flower edge geh beingleft free and =openable= `from a .point O in the seam O to seamI Q. v

* The-'.IQlbody portion ofI the -igarment is.

providdwit-li z'i""`.l01 rt;ton S locatedA at 'al suitable point to .engage'the 'button-hole? when theouter insert or iapfine'mberis closed,

as shown in Fig-2.. .i Y

' From the. foregoing-1t "will be noted that the ldescribe "garment possesses an 11p-.and-

dow'n'post ior opening' thatfextendsfinto. one legonl7 and lisforrned between lapping `Parts which are permanently" attached. to

the' garment and in the .constructionshown.

backlabovedzhel ser to eaeh other, at their upper andlower ends.

sides' of the crotch, rIl provide a perma'nently'v closed "crotch, 'since theA legs l-are permanently 'joined together' along `the 'basejed'ge .of the insert K b 1-opposite sides o ithe-front of the crotch .-region, the seam O connecting withand formln a zand it lsfsecuredat its short upper edge" -along vboth .sides -of the crotch by a .teriall at. the lower end `the latter isfused; ItwillI also `loe observedthat the length of the free. margin .of the inner lapping niember between itsupper and lower points of attachment. issubstantially greater than the .l distance. measured 4infn,directline over the surface. contour v of the gai'nient front its", said upper point of attachment .to the. crotch" *they lower end- `ot the-1 f the seam Oehove and on continuation ofthe inner leg sea-ms By attaching the lower edge of raking the line of'attachlnent of the lower end of .the inner insert L coincident substantiallywith the inseam of the leg, or

to, prevent gaping of the opening-when the' tree margin of the inner insertLfto` a. menti along a substantially.hormonalseam ar body `andleg portion of the .garment alone@ searn N; at its lower lhase edge o-c tort.. e

v... ,chef Center or apex of the crotch, and

the extension O thereof, I provide aj sutliclent extent. of overlap ot the parts K and left -frednd openable, and provided with i L l. n n 65 i ra butto'n-hole-IP- at a sultable pointy therein.

the garlnent'is in use.k At the same time,

the described construction entirely avoids anyftwisting or contractingtendency upon the; thigh portion of the garment at the `-lower .end of the opening when `the latter is s upper edge e-r-fto .the rear f thegarment'along an eX-.

memberacross the rear portion of the leg;

affords La larger and freer.. opening fory .a

. given y .length of opening, and produces portion ofthe garmentalongaseam R; at.:

kmuch less twisting and wadding ofthe ma- Aof the openingwhen center,. as nioreclearly shownin Fig@ 4L I'clamr- Animdergarment oi the classdeseribed `having an up-and-down posterior opening 'formed between .inner and outer rlapping .partsg-.p-the `free margins of said lapp1ng` l tially'fbelow the apar oit the. crotch and from .permanently n lo. f permanently a'ti lhedpoints in them 9 5.

tached pointsat substantially the inseam 

